TORONTO – Add another accolade to Kevin Gausman’s 2023 season. The Blue Jays’ ace, who finished third in AL Cy Young Award voting, was named to the All-MLB Second Team presented by MGM Rewards on Saturday, taking his place among the game’s best pitchers. Joining Gausman on the All-MLB Second Team staff are Sonny Gray, Nathan Eovaldi, Jordan Montgomery and …
It’s not just the holiday season right now. It’s also sort of Draft season at MLB Pipeline, after we just unveiled our 2024 Draft Top 100 on Wednesday evening. The Guardians won’t actually exercise the No. 1 overall selection for another seven months, but that doesn’t prevent us from having a full-blown case of Draft fever. So even though it’s way, way …
Ottawa – If there was a magic pill that could wipe the past week from memory, it would sell out in Canadian stores in a second. Shohei Ohtani to the Dodgers after a pursuit that brought the wildest dreams of Blue Jays fans to the brink of belief, only to end in heartbreak. Juan Soto to the Yankees, where he’ll …
Ottawa – NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to residents of Canada ages 13+. Starts at 5:00am ET on October 10, 2023, and ends at the scheduled start time ET of the last NHL® hockey game on the last date of the 2023/2024 NHL regular season. Challenge consists of 6 monthly periods. Each monthly period consists of 3 to 6 weeks and …
Sydney – Approaching his 500th Test wicket, Nathan Lyon hails the influence of an Indian rival on his remarkable career to date. Twenty years ago, the cricket world was absorbed by the race being run between sharply contrasting but equally enigmatic rivals Shane Warne and Muthiah Muralidaran to see who would become the first spin bowler to reach 500 Test …
Australia – Fans encouraged to ‘tip their hat’ to Warnie, and take free four-minute test to measure heart health. This summer’s Boxing Day Test will see free heart tests offered around the MCG as part of a tribute to Victorian and Australian cricket legend Shane Warne. From days one to four of this year’s NRMA Insurance Test between Australia and …
OTTAWA – In Canada, sport is a source of national pride and resilience. It builds communities, stimulates economies and contributes to the overall well-being of Canadians and our country. However, without sufficient safeguards and accountability, sport can also do harm. For too long, victims and survivors have experienced maltreatment in the Canadian sport system. That’s why, to ensure all participants …
Puerto Rico – José Berríos had already led his team onto the field at Estadio Roberto Clemente Walker on Saturday afternoon for the beginning of his first-ever celebrity softball game. Then, a loud roar off to the left of the home dugout shifted his focus. The noise was produced by a group of kids leaning over the wall down the …
NASHVILLE – Silence is golden and secrecy is sublime. Standing in the eye of the biggest, boldest pursuit in franchise history, the Blue Jays aren’t saying a word. Even the name “Shohei Ohtani” is spoken carefully, each syllable tiptoeing gently to the next. Don’t rock the boat. Don’t wake the baby. The secrecy with which baseball’s brightest star lives his …
Ottawa – The Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities (SSDIC) component of the Sport Support Program funds eligible organizations to deliver sport for social development projects in Indigenous communities in Canada. The SSDIC component offers a flexible program that can be tailored to address the self-identified social goals of individual Indigenous communities. Funding is delivered through 3 streams to expand sport …
